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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

One of the fabulous things about doing features weekly not only is inspiration...but it reminds me of projects I want to do! :) I had a Twister Quilt on my list for a while and I forgot about it until I saw this quilt by Jen from A Quilting Jewel!! I love the design, love the bright colors (It's A Hoot is such a great line!) just love it all! Jen is a modern quilter with a great list of completed quilts and some awesome free patterns and tutes. Check out A Quilting Jewel!

This weekend I finished putting the binding on my twister quilt.

I love the way it came out. I used two It's a Hoot charm packs for the twister portion. I then used coordinating fabric for the binding and backing. The white around the outside of the quilt is a Kona white.

I quilted this little quilt on either side of the horizontal and vertical seams. I was trying to think of some way to play off the twisting pinwheels, and realized that with this type of quilting, the quilting would go through the long point of every pinwheel.

I love this mini quilt. I think it would be a perfect baby quilt. I know so many people having babies this year, so who knows, it could wind up being for one of them.

I can see myself making more of these twister quilts in the future. They come together so quickly and look great.

Love your quilt and the colors! I have both sizes of the twister template, but have not used it yet. Did you use two entire charm packs? What size did your quilt turn out. It seems like there is quite a bit of wasted fabric. thanks.